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Cannabis News Box

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
One of Alaska’s three testing facilities for cannabis is closing, and it’s connected to the industry’s banking problem. Wells Fargo decided to withdraw a loan to Steep Hill Alaska after it found it was a cannabis business, and Wells Fargo has a po...

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The number of people who have died in car accidents who tested positive for cannabis has been steadily increasing in Colorado since 2013, according to The Denver Post. Anti-cannabis activists have been trying to blame auto deaths on legalization for years, bu...

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is part of a growing group of senators who are pushing to pass legislation that would allow cannabis businesses to do business with federally regulated banks. They’re trying to pass a bill called the Secure and Fair Enforcem...

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Kentucky is one of those straggling states that has yet to approve medical or social use cannabis. However, the medical part may soon change. Kentucky is currently debating a bill that would legalize medical cannabis, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) recently...

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is now famous for his hatred of cannabis. Sessions rescinded Obama-era rules in January that prevented federal prosecutors from going after the cannabis industry in states that have legalized, and that caused many to worry th...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bill called the Marijuana Justice Act in 2017 that would end the federal prohibition of cannabis, and he thinks we’re well on our way to legalizing.
"It will happen," Booker said in a recent interview. "It's not a matter of if, but when."
Booker is seen as a likely candidate for president in 2020, and another l...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
Vermont’s legislature legalized cannabis in January, and lawmakers in the state have been working on regulations since. One bill that is going through Vermont’s legislature would allow towns to label cannabis odor as a “public nuisance” that can result in a fine. If your house is cr...

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One group was left out when California drafted Prop. 64, which legalized cannabis in the state: Native Americans. Until emergency regulations were drafter in November, there was essentially no effort to include them in the legal cannabis market, and what...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
There’s been a lot of talk about how much electricity the cannabis industry uses in recent years. According to a report from Denver’s Department of Public Health and Environment, obtained by Colorado Public Radio (CPR), cannabis is using up 4 percent of De...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
New Jersey is on the path to legalize cannabis, but some aren’t ready to take that step. It seems they know cannabis laws are going to change, but they don’t want them to change too much. Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill t...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
Vermont legalized social use cannabis in January, and it’s been working on setting up the system since. One concern some residents have expressed is that there could be an increase in the number of people driving stoned. In order to combat this, Vermont ...